#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void init_vector(double* v, size_t len, ptrdiff_t incr) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
      v[i*incr] = i + 1;
   }
}

double sum(double* x, size_t len, ptrdiff_t incr) {
   double result = 0;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
      result += x[i * incr];
   }
   return result;
}

int main() {
   printf("vector length = ");
   size_t len;
   if (scanf("%zu", &len) != 1) return 1;
   printf("\nOk, vector length = %zu\n", len);
   double* vector = (double*) malloc(sizeof(double) * len);
   if (!vector) {
      printf("unable to allocate heap memory for %zu double values\n",
	 len);
      return 1;
   }
   init_vector(vector, len, 1);
   printf("sum = %lg\n", sum(vector, len, 1));
   free(vector);
}